Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6 - 34:6

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6 - 34:6

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34:1 - 34:1
34:5 - 34:5
34:6 - 34:6
34:8 - 34:8
34:9 - 34:9
34:10 - 34:10

he buried him - or, “he was buried in a valley,” that is, a ravine or gorge of the Pisgah. Some think that he entered a cave and there died, being, according to an ancient tradition of Jews and Christians, buried by angels (Jud 1:9; Num 21:20).

no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day - This concealment seems to have been owing to a special and wise arrangement of Providence, to prevent its being ranked among “holy places,” and made the resort of superstitious pilgrims or idolatrous veneration, in after ages.